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About CCQS

The Center for Coherence and Quantum Science (CCQS) is a collaboration of researchers from a range of disciplines across the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳. By pooling our skills and resources, we push the frontiers of the field of quantum and classical coherence to new areas. We also enable practical applications within the areas of optical science and optical engineering.

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CCQS Features

  • An interdisciplinary academic program providing courses in a number of departments allowing students and researchers to cross conventional disciplinary boundaries in pursuit of solutions to problems.

  • Regular seminars by local and national speakers, which bring together the center’s members and encourages new and novel collaborations.

  • Workshops and conferences, as well as short- and long-term visits by researchers at all levels, including students, postdoctoral fellows, and senior visiting faculty.

CCQS Departments

Quantum information science and engineering at the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ encompass numerous programs and departments such as chemistry, , , mathematics, , , physics and astronomy, and world-class research centers such as the .

In the news

Machiel Blok, whose research builds on the fundamentals of quantum tunneling, in front of a BlueFors dilution refrigerator smiles and looks at the camera.
Latest NewsOctober 7, 2025

Machiel Blok’s research in superconducting circuits builds on the same quantum effects recognized by the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.

John Nichol smiling against a white background next to a thought bubble that says "what is quantum" near text that reads "ever wonder" for an explainer about quantum computing.
September 24, 2025

The strengths and limitations of computing advances are pushing the boundaries of what quantum machines can do.

Image of a white puzzle against a yellow background with a final white piece just away from completing the puzzle.
August 8, 2025

The theory explains how quantum environments can steer chemical reactions—speeding them up or slowing them down without adding heat or light.

Illustration of a close-up of vertical stacks of light blue cubes representing qudits in Hilbert space connected at the bottom to circuitry.
July 8, 2025

Using qudits, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ scientists have solved a notoriously difficult problem involving Hilbert space, or the quantum matrix.

91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science

The 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Conference on Coherence and Quantum Science (CQS) (Formerly 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics (CQO)) has been held every six years since the inception in 1960, essentially coincident with the first observation of lasing. Topics of interest include all aspects of experimental and theoretical coherence, quantum optics, quantum information and quantum measurement.

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